This is my first fanfic, and I hope I entice you all to keep reading ^^ First chapter, HAUNTED This is SASUNARU which is SLASH (if you don't know what this means, you probably wont want to read it ^^) I do not own Naruto or relating characters. ON WITH THE STORY!
Konoha spread out like a spider web across the valley. The small hidden town was quietly humming with activity, as people went along on their daily business. It was calm for a Sunday.
The sun was high in the sky by the time the sleepy Uchiha's eyes fluttered open. A soft breeze made the dark blue curtains flutter, and he yawned sleepily. The raven glanced at the clock on the wall, and upon reading the time, threw himself out of bed.
"Damnit!" Sasuke cursed as he hastily pulled on his dark grey jeans and black hoodie. He pulled the sleeves up the his elbows and tugged on his black converses as he was hopping out of the front door.
"Sasuke darling, where are you off too?" His guardian, Kakashi asked from behind his orange book. Sasuke's concentration lapsed for a second and his balance broke, sending the raven toppling headfirst into the garden.
"Damnit!" Sasuke cursed again. Kakashi smiled and shook his head, putting down his book and crossing his arms, and looked down on the boy he had adopted three years before.
"that's not a great place to sit you know, worms might get into your perfect hair." he teased.
"Screw you Kakashi!" The teenager snarled, picking himself up and tying his shoelace together.
His father laughed and waved a hand carelessly. "you have fun today. Don't get into too much trouble, ok?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Whatever. See you later." And with that he took off across the front lawn and down the street.
Kakashi watched him go with a sigh. That boy just didn't want to adjust. Not after the accident.
"hey guys, sorry I'm late." Sasuke greeted as he neared his group. He chose to sit next between Neji and Gaara, as they posed the least amount of annoyance to him.
"Sleep in again Princess?" Suigetsu sneered. The boy had light hair down to his shoulders and sharp teeth. Sasuke glared.
"none of your business. What are we doing today anyway?" He addressed the rest of the group. There were five of them in total; Karin, a redheaded, flirty girl who was constantly hammering Sasuke for a date, Suigetsu, who was a prick in Sasuke's opinion, Gaara, a redhead who barely ever talked and had a murderous air about him, and Neji, a genius boy who was a part of one of the most famous families in Konoha, the Hyuuga clan. They weren't exactly friends, per se, just loners who didn't feel like being bored alone.
"We're exploring that old abandoned house we found last week on the way to Karin's new place." Neji said calmly.
Sasuke nodded and tilted his head back, enjoying the breeze that played on his face.
The silence was broken by a shrill giggle, and Sasuke glared at the source. Karin blushed and looked down at Sasuke over her glasses.
"and you know Sasuke, if it gets too much to handle, you can always come to my house and I can…make you feel better." she winked at him. Sasuke threw her a disgusted looked and rolled his eyes. "not in a million years Karin."
The red head pouted but then smiled and jumped up. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!"
"you just want a chance to pretend your scared and cuddle up to Sasuke." Suigetsu accused.
'Can't blame a girl for trying. Now c'mon, it looks fun!"
The boys exchanged glances but nonetheless shrugged and followed the prancing girl off toward the abandoned house. As they came up to the abandoned lot, all five teenagers stopped.
The house itself could barely be seen, the surrounding foliage was too dense and overgrown for the bottom half to be seen. The tiles of the roof and a little reflection off a second story window was all they could see. Wild grass grew tall in the front yard and Sasuke shuddered to think of what creepy crawlies where hiding in there. Sasuke hated creepy crawly things. The lot was surrounded by huge oak trees which bent over the house, giving it a dark, gloomy, caged look.
"What. Is. That?" Suigetsu asked in awe.
"this is the house I was telling you about! It hasn't been used in 20 years. Mostly because people say the house has termites. But others say its because its haunted by the ghost of the kid that was murdered there." Karin wiggled her fingers at them and darted off into the tall grass.
"KARIN!" Suigetsu yelled, and rushed in after the redhead. Gaara calmly followed in his silent way. Sasuke and Neji sighed and after sharing a pointed look, stepped into the tall grass.
Sasuke could barely see anything the grass was that thick. "Neji?" he asked loudly.
"Over here Uchiha."
Sasuke blindly followed the voice, until he was stopped by something in his way. The raven stuck out his hands and felt around for a moment, before he decided what he had run into.
A porch.
He had reached the house.
Pulling himself over the railing he landed softly on the decaying wooden porch of the decrepit house. Plants were crawling over all of the walls and Sasuke couldn't even tell if the house was painted or not. He blindly ripped away some of the ivy and discovered a small, dirty window.
After rubbing the glass with his sleeve, he peered inside.
It was dark, and only a few patches of light had made their way through the ivy, but it was enough. Sasuke could see the bare wooden floors and the one, old rocking chair that sat in the middle of the room. It gave him the creeps.
"hey guys I found the house!"
No reply came.
Sasuke frowned and tried again, but he heard nothing; only the faint rustling of unknown creatures in the grass.
Sasuke shrugged to himself and pulled away more of the ivy. 'There has to be a door around here somewhere' he thought. Finally the wood behind the ivy changed (the house was indeed painted a cream yellow, but the paint was peeling off) and changed into a dark grey wood. Sasuke cleared the door, and reached for the bronze handle, but something made him stop.
The hairs on the back of his neck prickled and he got that feeling- the feeling he was being watched. He pulled his hand back and glanced around him, but all he could see was grass and a few patches of clear, blue sky.
Sasuke took a deep breath. Uchiha's did not get scared. They were cool, stoic and aloof. This would not do.
"pull yourself together Sasuke." he whispered before he took another breath and forced open the door.
It was eerily quiet in the old house, not even the rustling of the creatures outside could be heard.
Sasuke took a tentative step inside, noting how sturdy the floorboards felt. Sasuke was gazing around the room and he swept a finger along the rocking chair, making a line in the dust that had settled there.
He noticed a door way off to his right, so he followed it. It led him to a small kitchen, with a small four seater table in the centre. The raven walked over to the cupboards and flung them open, only to find nothing.
'Hm…' Sasuke mused. He noticed a pair of stairs off to his left, so, being as curious as he was, he went up them. The first time a stair squeaked the raven almost had a heart attack. He hadn't realised how silent he had been. After a few calming breaths he started again, but being more careful this time.
He rounded the landing and was in a small hallway.
The hallway had three doors leading off it. A rather large painting of a blonde man hung at the end of the hall, watching Sasuke with it's piercing eyes. There were two doors on his right and one on his left. Sasuke decided on the left first.
He opened the door slowly and peered inside. It was as empty as the lounge, with nothing but an old, falling apart piano in one of the corners. This room was covered in dust. The slanted, roof window let in little light, and cobwebs hung from the ceiling. Sasuke quickly shut the door and started on the next.
This room was dusty also, but considerably better furnished. A double bed with a simple, knitted blanket and a lumpy looking mattress was in one corner. Next to it was a small bedside table which boasted a broken lamp. On the other side was a mahogany dresser, almost as tall as Sasuke himself. It was beautifully carved, except for the mismatched slashes in the wood down the sides. 'The work of a murderer?' Sasuke mused. On the floor was a dark stain. Sasuke didn't want to know what it was.
The hairs on the back of his neck stood up and he looked around quickly.
There was no one else in the room. On the wall hung a rather stunning picture of a redhead with azure eyes. He stared at her for a moment, be he backed away, closed the door and went to the next room. But before he got there, the feeling came back. He was being watched. Sasuke glanced back to the painting at the end of the hall and saw a flash of movement.
There!
Sasuke raced up to the painting and poked its eyes, but only felt oil paints on canvas. Sasuke frowned and patted the eyes softly. The eyes he traced with his fingers were a dull grey. But he could've sworn they were a piercing blue before. Same as the lady in the room. Sasuke shivered, he had seen movies where the voyeur had used the eyes of paintings to watch people. He laughed at himself, he had definitely watched one too many horror movies. He was about to leave but he gave one eye a last, particularly hard tap, and it gave way.
Sasuke's eyes widened and the scream was caught in his throat. Staring back into his own coal eyes was a wide, cerulean blue one. A real eye. The Blue eyed person gasped but neither moved, afraid of breaking the contact.
Sasuke was the first to blink.
And the eye was gone.
Sasuke let out the breath he was holding as he stared into the black hole that was once the left eye of the painting.
He felt like he was about to throw up.
Sasuke flung himself down the stairs as fast as he could and he burst out of the door, almost tripping in his haste to leave. After blindly scrabbling through the grass he finally broke through, and threw himself onto the hot cement pavement.
"woah woah woah Sasuke! What got your knickers in a twist?" Suigetsu's voice invaded Sasuke's scrambled thoughts.
He picked himself up onto his knees and looked over to his group, who were all sitting on the curb.
"The-There was someone in there!" Sasuke yelled pointing frantically at the house.
One.
Two.
Three.
"BAHAHAHA!" Suigetsu laughed loudly, clutching his sides. Even Neji and Gaara entertained smirks. Karin was giggling into her hand.
"Aw did da big bad house scare wittle Sasuky-wasky?" Suigetsu managed after his laughter had dissipated. Sasuke growled angrily.
"I know what I saw ok? There was a freakin blue eyed person watching me!" Sasuke yelled at them.
Karin stood up and walked over to Sasuke and put her hand on his shoulder. "Sasuke, darling, maybe it was just your imagination? No one has lived in that house for years…"
Sasuke growled at her and threw her hand off,
"I know what I saw! There is someone in there!" And Sasuke relayed what had happened inside the old house to his group.
After his tale was told, the group looked at him sceptically.
"Are you sure that's what happened? I bet the asbestos got into your head and made you hallucinate." Suigetsu nodded.
Neji rolled his eyes and smacked him on top of the head. "don't be such an idiot, asbestos doesn't give you hallucinations, it gives you cancer. Now if there was a gas leak that would be plausible, but I doubt anyone has used gas around here for…how long has it been deserted for?"
"About 40 years," Karin piped up.
"see? Not possible."
"Maybe Sasuke has been smoking something and hasn't bothered to share?"
Sasuke smacked Suigetsu over the head.
"Maybe there is someone living there."
All four sets of eyes turned to Gaara.
"Its not possible, that house has been abandoned for years…"
The redhead shrugged. "That's not my concern. Sasuke isn't the type to lie, hallucinate or be scared. He must've seen something. And none of us ever made it to the house, so we can't say for sure Sasuke is lying."
The other three nodded slowly.
…
"I wasn't scared." Sasuke huffed.
Suigetsu laughed loudly. "Sure, sure, mister speedy Gonzales. You came flying out of that house faster than the road runner. You were scared."
Sasuke growled but said nothing.
"C'mon guys its getting dark already, lets go." Neji said and the five teenagers set off toward their respective homes.